A foreign vessel carrying 14 people sinks near the Yangtze estuary Thursday, April 6, 2017. [Photo: xinmin.cn]
A foreign vessel carrying 14 people sank near the Yangtze estuary Thursday, Shanghai maritime authority said.
The ship carrying 4,850 tonnes of coil steel overturned early Thursday morning after a suspected collision, according to an official with the Shanghai maritime bureau.
The 97-meter-long vessel is registered in Kiribati, an island country in the west Pacific Ocean.
Two crew members were rescued by a nearby Panama-registered vessel. The search continues for the remaining 12.
A total of 17 vessels have been mobilized to assist the search.